A scandalous and immensely popular drama has just landed on Netflix in full.
The series, which originally aired from 2007-2012, boasts a star-studded cast of familiar faces, including several big Hollywood names, and had millions of viewers gripped during its initial run.
Set in an elite high school in New York City, the plot revolves around a group of privileged teenagers whose lives are thrown into chaos by an enigmatic online blogger who reveals their most intimate secrets.
Several major Hollywood stars got their start on the show, including Blake Lively, recently in the news for the contentious drama It Ends With Us.
Penn Badgley, known for his role in You on Netflix, also made a name for himself on the show, which features one of the first significant roles of Marvel icon Sebastian Stan, reports the Mirror.
Stream all 121 episodes of Gossip Girl on Netflix (Image: THE CW) Read More Related Articles Read More Related ArticlesWe're referring, of course, to Gossip Girl, which drew massive audiences on The CW in the late 2000s and early 2010s and is now available for streaming on Netflix in the UK.
Despite its tongue-in-cheek marketing strategy of using negative reviews to promote the show in its trailers, the series received high praise from both fans and critics and is widely considered one of the greatest teen dramas of all time.
Gen Z culture blogger Her Campus hailed it as the "Best Teen Drama of All Time", writing "we've seen many shows display the perils of teenage and young adult life.
"And yet, in my not so humble opinion, there is one teen drama that has taken this concept and made it into a masterpiece."
"I believe that Gossip Girl's influence on both pop culture and the teen drama genre is not talked about enough," they added.
Back in 2022, Glamour ranked it third on their list of the best teen shows, surpassing classics like Smallville and One Tree Hill, as well as recent favourites like Euphoria and Riverdale.
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"Forget the identity of Gossip Girl and just take a second to remember how many colored tights and headbands you owned because of Blair Waldorf (played by Leighton Meester)," they wrote.
"The show was sexy, the cast was unimpeachable, and I still ship Chuck (Ed Westwick) and Blair even though I know I shouldn't."
Fans have continued to praise Gossip Girl over the years, with one Redditor writing: "There truly has been no other teen drama show that topped Gossip Girl".
"This show was just iconic. Nothing I have seen even comes close to the quality and depth of this show (in the teen drama genre)."
Another user agreed: "It's true. G.G was one of those rare shows that just had that certain something - a certain vibe and edge that no other shows in the genre have."
"It truly captured the zeitgeist and tapped into pop culture in a rather special way."
Gossip Girl is available to stream on Netflix.
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